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Chapter 31

           Thusinstructed,NellhadnodifficultyinfindingoutMissMonflathers’sBoardingandDayEstablishment,whichwasalargehouse,withahighwall,andalargegarden-gatewithalargebrassplate,andasmallgratingthroughwhichMissMonflathers’sparlour-maidinspectedallvisitorsbeforeadmittingthem;fornothingintheshapeofamanno,notevenamilkmanwassuffered,withoutspeciallicense,topassthatgate.Eventhetax-gatherer,whowasstout,andworespectaclesandabroad-brimmedhat,hadthetaxeshandedthroughthegrating.Moreobduratethangateofadamantorbrass,thisgateofMissMonflathers’sfrownedonallmankind.Theverybutcherrespecteditasagateofmystery,andleftoffwhistlingwhenherangthebell.

           AsNellapproachedtheawfuldoor,itturnedslowlyuponitshingeswithacreakingnoise,and,forthfromthesolemngrovebeyond,camealongfileofyoungladies,twoandtwo,allwithopenbooksintheirhands,andsomewithparasolslikewise.AndlastofthegoodlyprocessioncameMissMonflathers,bearingherselfaparasoloflilacsilk,andsupportedbytwosmilingteachers,eachmortallyenviousoftheother,anddevoteduntoMissMonflathers.

           Confusedbythelooksandwhispersofthegirls,Nellstoodwithdowncasteyesandsufferedtheprocessiontopasson,untilMissMonflathers,bringinguptherear,approachedher,whenshecurtseyedandpresentedherlittlepacket;onreceiptwhereofMissMonflatherscommandedthatthelineshouldhalt.

           ‘You’rethewax-workchild,areyounot?’saidMissMonflathers.

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